Earl’s Kitchen, Robson Street

While on a hospital visit to St.Paul’s, we had made arrangements to have dinner with two of our daughters. We haven’t seen themĀ  since the beginning of December and were looking forward to it.

We were ushered to a table and then ordered our beverages. The ususal question when it comes to me is: 6 oz. or 9 oz. of wine? I always joke back “what do you think”? I got the wine order, Don and Suzanne their beverages and then Carole ordered hers. Three of the orders came back and then we waited what seemed like an excessively long time and I had assumed, wrongly of course, that the server had forgotten her drink.

We waited for it to arrive so we could toast each other and proceed to order our meal. It finally arrived.

Two of them had ordered steaks and thought they were pretty good, except the seasoning was off. Suzanne ordered the fried chicken ramen and I ordered the gyoza dish. No one told me, nor did the menu state the dish was fire-hot in spice. My tongue and left cheek burned and went numb. This was after I had taken only a nibble of one of them. I hated doing this, but I had to return it to the kitchen. Carole tried it and said it was spicy but then she can handle it. I ordered the lobster and prawn ravioli dish. It was okay but there had not been any salt used on any of our dishes (according to the talk around the table.)

Of course we had to order dessert and chocolate is THE must. So chocolate mousse it is.

We paid the bill and left. When we got back to the hotel, Don asked me if I knew I had consumed a glass of wine that cost $17.25? I nearly flipped out. This was a basic wine, nothing special and this is so wrong.

I know we were told restaurants had raised their prices due to the Covid-19 delays, but please, PLEASE tell your customers this is what happened.

We are not cheap in any way but this was a bit differentfor us.

Return? Ummmm….not really sure.

 

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What Is Happening In Our World?

The news has been horrific for about 6 months (years before, but this is about the most recent hate crimes.

We live in a country where, and I am sure it does exist, but has never shown its truly ugly head before. Can you really believe this is what Canada and Canadians are all about? I can’t and I have lived in this country a long time.

Throwing a 90+ year old man out of a building to the ground outside or kicking the leg out from under of an elderly woman with a walker all because they were Asian. Explain please. Did that gentleman do something to you? Or the woman? Or for that matter anyone who happens to be born Asian? Come on people.

This morning on the news…man down East was attacked all because he is a man of colour. Now, I ask you…did he plant his knee on the neck of a man and killed him or one of the other 4 officers who stood there with their thumbs up their bums? NO. Stop it.

We are not in a Country where life stems only on the colour of your skin. Look at their leader. He promotes hatred 24/7. He is a worm without a conscience, a working brain, or a mouth that can only spew crap. We are not that. We can’t be.

Growing up in Calgary, our neighbors were Japanese and told us that during the war they lost all their farmland and were put into camps. That cannot happen again. It breaks my heart to see neighbor turn on neighbor or families split because of thoughtless attitudes.

Stand up Canada and keep our minds clear and use our mouths only to ask if we can do something to help others and our hearts open. We need this and our country needs this.We still must pray for guidance and strenegth.

Also, domestic violence has risen. Sorry, but I went through this crap and can tell you if a man starts beating his spouse and blames the virus isolation, he is a liar. He was beating her before that happened. We don’t need excuses we need to man up and keep moving for a better time and place.

 

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